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April 10, 2025 all-day

2025-04-10T00:00:00-04:00

2025-04-11T00:00:00-04:00

USS Thresher (SSN-593) lost on 4/10/63, some 220 miles east of Boston. (129 aboard, including 17 civilians)

Apr 18 all-day

USS Gudgeon (SS-211) probably lost on 4/18/44 southeast of Iwo Jima. (79 aboard) *1st submarine on WWII patrol and 1st to sink an enemy

Apr 22 all-day

USS Grenadier (SS-210) lost on 4/22/43 near Penang. (76 taken prisoner; 4 died as POWs)

May 3 all-day

USS Lagarto (SS-371) lost on 5/3/45 near the Gulf of Siam. (86 aboard)

May 22 all-day

USS Scorpion (SSN-589) lost on 5/22/68 about 50 miles south of the Azores. (99 aboard)

May 23 all-day

USS Squalus (SS-192) sank on 5/23/39 off the Isle of Shoals. (26 died, 33 survived)

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